George Richards
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Director of @CommunityJameel. Archaeoastronomer.
Cairo, Egypt
Joined January 2009
wonderful recognition for mariam. a brilliant ambassador for the jameel house in cairo.
Congratulations to Mariam Ashraf, graduate of the Jameel House in Cairo, on being selected for The King's Foundation's 35 under 35!
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The Two Ronnies (1st November 1980). Mastermind sketch by David Renwick.
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the people yearn for the moon-cult
Finally, building another Moongate soon at our Townsend project! I love architecture that makes people smile - that makes them stop and go, "wow!". There is something just whimsical and magical about them. I love "portals". Things that take you out of one world & into another.
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"it is no paradox to say that england hath its root in the sea.” — george savile, marquess of halifax
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any more examples in the genre of people trying on newly-discovered archaeological treasures
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sad to read that alice gast has died and moved to see the jameel institute feature as an important part of her legacy.
Professor Alice Gast, former Imperial President and Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, died on 27 October 2025. Professor Gast was the first woman to lead Imperial. Under her transformational presidency, Imperial became a champion of collaboration, innovation and
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I can imagine.
I wonder what this did to the psyche of the Italians and much of Mediterranean Europe, to live for centuries among the ruins of infrastructure that was impossible to recreate
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at the national army museum today
Rex Whistler, "Self-portrait in Welsh Guards Uniform," 1940. Whistler was killed in action in Normandy, 1944.
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we used to alphabetise by admirals. britain is a seafaring kingdom. retvrn.
Fab afternoon doing #hiddenlondontours of Clapham South tunnels built during the war to protect Londoners during the Blitzes from 41-44. Cheers @ltmuseum
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great to see openfold3 joining the field of open-source protein structure prediction models alongside the mit jameel clinic's boltz. democratising access to tools that can perform like deepmind's alphafold3 will accelerate the design of small molecules for new medicines.
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me at the science museum watching the electricity display (it’s a tesla coil)
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normalise calling st pancras station the gateway to the continent. end the blandness of st pancras international.
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congratulations to my old friend johannes on winning this important prize. in a happy overlap of the personal and professional, i see that a previous winner was esther duflo, @JPAL co-founder and nobel laureate.
The 2025 Calvó-Armengol Prize has been awarded to Johannes Stroebel, Professor of Finance at NYU Stern 🏆 #CalvoArmengolPrize #Economics #EconTwitter #Finance @GovernAndorra @NYUStern @nyuniversity @stanford @uniofoxford @OppInsights
https://t.co/tqRoqAuIrx
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listening to the mexican grand prix on bbc radio 5. very pleased bbc still uses fleetwood mac’s the chain for the hype montage before lights-out. undefeated f1 theme tune. @andrewbensonf1 @imharrybenjamin
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